february 27, 2022

In today’s lesson I wanted to build on groundwork from the last lesson. Karl was very defensive on the wall when we went to play with haunches in, so Meg worked with him for a bit. Rewarding the first try when the bend is through the whole body. Snow was sliding off the roof and he handled it considerably well, just rushing to the side for a moment but never getting tense in his body. Riding work felt really nice, starting to ride transitions in balance and thinking about shifting the weight off of the new inside shoulder. Think about soft hands coming from the elbows and forearms, not just shorter reins.